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CES: No PC middleman is required with GE's DECT 6.0 Skype phone

CES: No PC middleman is required with GE's DECT 6.0 Skype phoneTHANK YOU!Now when it comes to use strictly in the house, this looks to be more reliable, more featured, and less expensive than Netgear's wireless option. I have a new #1 in the running.A quick Google search shows it's...

Tags: Retail, Telecom & Utilities, PC, General Electric Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., GE DECT, GE DECT 6.0 Skype phone, GE DECT 6.0, phone, Skype phone

Discussion threads 2007-01-10

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Mumbai Attacks : Knowledge is Power

There is a huge difference between verified information, speculation, incorrect information and disinformation. The net is buzzing about the communication enabled by Twitter, Flickr, youtube, wikipedia and bloggers from Mumbai, with CNN stating "It was the day social media appeared to come of...

Tags: Event, Knowledge, Twitter, Attack, Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Mobiles for your users

We all have users for whom a mobile phone of some sort makes a lot of sense. Our district has always either provided a phone or a moderate subsidy for key staff who need to stay in touch. Principals need to be reachable in case of emergencies with...

Tags: District, Phone, Mobile, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-26

How Pathetic Can Telemarketing Get?

Your faithful scribe just received this voice message when he picked up his home phone: "Sorry to disturb you. This message was intended to be received by an answering machine." Then, the connection was cut. Calling back the number (1-866-849-3243) gets...

Tags: Caller, Telemarketing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Marketing Research, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-25

MacBooks: World's greenest family of notebooks

Apple's latest Get A Mac television commercial proclaims the new MacBooks to be the "world's greenest family of notebooks." The ad touts the MacBook as completely recyclable and says that it uses a quarter of the amount of power of a single light bulb and has no mercury. ...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions

Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank

If you've got a couple extra bucks in your budget this year there are a couple of middle priced (US$100-300) gifts that up that I want to recommend. If this isn't quite your price range, feel free to check out my list of Mac-related gift ideas under $100...

Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Chumby, Novatel USB727, FastMac U-Charge Battery Charger, 3G, Engineering, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-24

The ultimate student handheld: something for Christmas?

I've taken many months looking for the ultimate student device; something fairly cheap and not too expensive especially in this current credit climate, something that'll last for a while, something which which can be multi-purpose; none of this "buy a camera, a phone and a sat-nav" when you can have...

Tags: Phone, Handheld, Video Call, Video, Camera, E61, E71, Multimedia Having Fun, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Verizon Wireless paid me to take a Storm

I wound up staying with Verizon Wireless and renewed my two-year contract with the carrier. I also ordered a BlackBerry Storm despite a few misgivings based on mixed reviews--it is being sent in 7 to 10 days so with any luck those software glitches that were reported will be fixed....

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Wireless, Handhelds, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-24

News to know: Kumo; Zune; Storm; Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Would you 'Kumo' it? Phil Wainewright: When to spend cash in a SaaS business Brian Sommer: Taleo's November to forget ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Zune, RIM BlackBerry, Nokia Reliability Labs, E-mail, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Open Source, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-24

H2O + C = cool idea

Forty years ago the protagonist in "The Graduate" was told the magic word for the future was "plastics." I would suggest the magic word for our future now is "water." Two Michigan innovators just won a prize for an air conditioning system that uses water as the coolant...

Tags: Turbine, C, Air Conditioner, Fiber, Air Conditioning System, John Barrie, Muller, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-23

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5

Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....

Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Verizon snoops peek at Obama's cell phone records

Nosy Verizon employees improperly accessed and peeked at Barack Obama's personal cell phone records, the company said in a statement acknowledging the privacy breach. In the statement, Verizon Wireless chief executive Lowell McAdam apologized to the President-elect and vowed that the errant employees will be disciplined.  The...

Tags: Employee, Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Cell Phone, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Security, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone records

Verizon Wireless said that "a number of employees" accessed President-Elect Barack Obama's cell phone records without authorization. That's not a great way to introduce yourself to an incoming president. Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. In a statement Verizon said Techmeme: This week we learned...

Tags: Employee, Phone, Cell Phone, Verizon Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd had Vista concerns

HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP's call centers were "being overrun" by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-20

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 4

It's day 4 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming. As before I'll be sharing my observations from the classroom on how development on the iPhone compares to Android development. The class is presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. [Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animation, Camera, View, View Transitions, Core Graphics, Android API, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Advantages of the Storm over the iPhone (updated)

(Update: I took the number out of the headline, because it keeps changing.) I got to play with a Blackberry Storm earlier this week and a couple of features immediately jumped out at me that beat the iPhone hands down: Copy and Paste...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Blackberry Storm, Keyboards, Engineering, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-20

News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-11-20

T-Mobile web2go to replace T-Zones and add new download marketplace

In addition to the disappointing increase in data rates for voice customers, T-Mobile also introduced their new web2go service. The web2go service is designed to make it easier to view and browse the internet from your feature phone and select smartphone. Yahoo! oneSearch is being used for the mobile search...

Tags: Mobile Search, T-Mobile, Yahoo! oneSearch, Search, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller, Phone, Web2go, Telecom & Utilities

Blog posts 2008-11-20